[seqfan] Re: The OEIS mentioned on Quomodocumque

[Charles Greathouse]

>>      fergal on December 2, 2010 said:
>>      If the old licence permits then it should be possible to take the last dump under the old licence and fork.
>>      Just the threat may do the trick.

AINAL, but I don't think they have any legs to stand on.  In any case
whatever decision is made should be on the basis of rationality and
the OEISF Articles of Incorporation, in particular its stated purpose
of education, rather than acquiescing to threats.

Charles Greathouse
Analyst/Programmer
Case Western Reserve University

On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 11:16 PM, N. J. A. Sloane <njas at research.att.com> wrote:
>>To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
>>Subject: [seqfan]  The OEIS mentioned on Quomodocumque
>>The OEIS is mentioned on the blog Quomodocumque, together with some
>>criticism on the new license agreement.  I'd be interested to know
>>what the OEIS users, contributors and editors think about it.
>>Link: http://quomodocumque.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/licensing-changes-at-the-online-encyclopedia-of-integer-sequences/
>
> Indeed, the Board of Trustees of the OEIS Foundation
> has been discussing the licenses ever since William Stein
> posted his message to the Number Theory List, and followed
> it up with various other messages. We have not yet
> decided how to respond.
>
> One of the comments on that blog is the following:
>
>>One Response to Licensing changes at the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
>>
>>      fergal on December 2, 2010 said:
>>
>>      If the old licence permits then it should be possible to take the last dump under the old licence and fork.
>>
>>      Just the threat may do the trick.
>
> It was posted by Fergal Michael Daly of Walkinstown, Dublin, Ireland.
> I did not respond.
>
>
> Neil
>
>
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